{"id":2654,"date":"2025-05-20T16:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.codgrid.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/gj-pepsi-reflects-on-overcoming-a-ransomware-attack-offering-insights-from-the-other-side-2\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T16:45:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T16:45:16","slug":"gj-pepsi-reflects-on-overcoming-a-ransomware-attack-offering-insights-from-the-other-side-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.codgrid.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/gj-pepsi-reflects-on-overcoming-a-ransomware-attack-offering-insights-from-the-other-side-2\/","title":{"rendered":"G&#038;J Pepsi Reflects on Overcoming a Ransomware Attack, Offering Insights from the Other Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2654 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.codgrid.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/gj-pepsi-reflects-on-overcoming-a-ransomware-attack-offering-insights-from-the-other-side-2\/bfdf1a02-dd73-48f7-afb8-d539791983f7_1747759505062_thumbnail-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1150\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.codgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bfdf1a02-dd73-48f7-afb8-d539791983f7_1747759505062_thumbnail-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.codgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bfdf1a02-dd73-48f7-afb8-d539791983f7_1747759505062_thumbnail-1.png 1150w, https:\/\/blog.codgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bfdf1a02-dd73-48f7-afb8-d539791983f7_1747759505062_thumbnail-1-300x243.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.codgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bfdf1a02-dd73-48f7-afb8-d539791983f7_1747759505062_thumbnail-1-1024x831.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.codgrid.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/bfdf1a02-dd73-48f7-afb8-d539791983f7_1747759505062_thumbnail-1-768x623.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1150px) 100vw, 1150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><p>G&amp;J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers avoided both data losses and a ransom payment when a ransomware attack threatened the company in 2021. 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